by Marc Fraser | Jun 4, 2020 | News
Held in Perth only three weeks before the UK Coronavirus lockdown, this Council was a very well attended event which facilitated wide ranging discussion over many topics currently before our Union. It was also the first occasion on which our Council was fully...
by Marc Fraser | Jun 4, 2020 | News
By Mark Morris, Minister at Dennistoun Bapstist We started as a church replant at the end of 2015 believing that God had not given up on this wee church in the East End of Glasgow. The church was an elderly congregation of 7 members and in need of much support and...
by Marc Fraser | Jun 3, 2020 | Mission
By Rob Jones, Minister at Kelso Baptist Church Lockdown itself has brought about the need to reinvent how to begin with this wonderful wee church of around a dozen believers and a rebirthed mission within the market town of Kelso. Being unable to move from Fife to the...
by Marc Fraser | Jun 2, 2020 | Mission
By Thomas Dean, Minister of Stenhouse Baptist Church One of the advantages of being small is that it should mean that you are more flexible and agile than if you were massive. You stick an oar in the ocean and you can change direction just like that, it...
by Marc Fraser | Jun 1, 2020 | News
By Brian Gooding, Pastor What’s happening? Its Sunday afternoon. I’m the Pastor and so far today I’ve watched several online services and, later today I’ll watch myself and some of our team as our weekly Sundays@Six Online service goes out...
by Marc Fraser | May 20, 2020 | News
By Martin Hodson A sentence in Joshua 3 has been going round in my mind: Then you will know which way to go, since you have never been this way before. (Joshua 3:4) The second phrase resonates with our experience of living in the present crisis. We want to be God’s...
by Marc Fraser | May 15, 2020 | News
by Marc Fraser | May 14, 2020 | Covid-19 Updates
The habits of lockdown have become the new normal: staying home; social distancing if we need to venture out; meeting family and friends on screen rather than face to face; taking special care of people who are shielding. Lockdown culture has generated a renewed...
by Marc Fraser | May 10, 2020 | News
Seeking to be Good Neighbours in Orkney By Tim Proudlove, Minister of Kirkwall Baptist Church Orkney hasn’t had many confirmed cases of the virus, but many people have self-isolated with possible symptoms, and we are locked-down with the rest of the country. In terms...
by Marc Fraser | Apr 29, 2020 | Covid-19 Updates
Introduction Across society people are repeatedly saying things like: ‘Life will never be the same again after the Coronavirus pandemic.’ ‘If things just return to how they used to be after this we will have missed an opportunity.’ ‘We must learn the lessons from...